Area 759.7 km² UBIGEO 1011 | Region Huánuco Region | |
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The Yarowilca Province is the smallest of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Chavinillo.
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Map of Yarowilca Province, Peru
Boundaries
Languages
According to the 2007 census, Quechua was spoken by 61.0% of the population as their first language, while 38.7% spoke Spanish, 0.1% spoke Aymara, 0.0% spoke Asháninka and 0.0% spoke other indigenous languages.
Political division
The province is divided into eight districts, which are:
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.97%) learnt to speak in childhood, 38.74% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
Yarowilca Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA